Happiness and Achievement Motivation among Iranian Nursing Students: A Descriptive Correlational Study

Table 5

Multivariate linear regression analysis of factors associated with achievement motivation ().

Variables	Unstandardized coefficients β	95% CI	Standardized coefficients β	value
Gender
Male^†
Female	1.93	0.10, 3.76	0.12	0.03
Age
18-21^†
21-24	-1.91	-4.19, 0.37	-0.12	0.10
>24	-0.25	-4.04, 3.53	-0.009	0.89
Academic year
1^†
2	-0.51	-3.05, 2.02	-0.02	0.68
3	1.83	-0.71, 4.38	0.10	0.15
4	-3.06	-5.85, -0.26	-0.18	0.03
Marital status
Single^†
Married	0.22	-2.92, 3.37	0.008	0.88
Interest in nursing
No^†
Yes	3.71	1.11, 6.30	0.16	0.005
History of course drops
No^†
Yes	-3.45	-5.68, -1.23	-0.19	0.002
Residency status
Dormitory^†
Nondormitory	-0.78	-2.54, 0.97	-0.05	0.38

^†Denotes reference category.